The US is of course only 2% of the Earth’s surface, but last winter it determined the world’s climate.

Bloomberg tells us that global warming has destroyed New York. They also report that China is freezing.

A cold front brought temperatures of minus 40 degrees Celsius (minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit) to northern China, as officials urged cities to conserve heating and two tourists died after they were stranded on a mountain, the China Daily newspaper reported. The cold may continue with the temperature in Beijing plunging to minus 11 degrees Celsius today, the China Meteorological Administration said on its website.

Hundreds of cars were stranded on Lake Shore Drive Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, in Chicago. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city’s showcase lakeshore thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day. A year later, temperatures are in the mid-50s and flirting with record highs for this date. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
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Fun video from D.C. (I guess) in 2010.